Baseball fans can do much more than admire memorabilia from behind a glass case. Ontario is home to some of the top baseball landmarks in the country, including a national museum, a historic ballpark and now an experience devoted to the Toronto Blue Jays’ biggest moments, offering a journey through half a century of baseball history!
Here are three Ontario baseball shrines worth visiting this summer.
Hold pieces of Blue Jays history at Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre’s Hands-On-History Tour traces the Blue Jays’ history from the team’s inaugural 1977 season through 2025, with authentic artifacts that visitors can hold, touch and photograph, like the original SkyDome blueprints, a baseball pitched by Roy Halladay in his last Blue Jays start and a base from Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s first career home run game!
The 1.5-hour tour also passes through the history installations around Rogers Centre before heading onto the field, so you can take photos beneath the CN Tower while holding a player-issued bat. Tickets start at $70 per person, including HST, and are sold through the Blue Jays’ online ticketing portal.
If you have time, also check out the classic ($40+) and pregame ($80) experiences, where you can receive a guided tour of Rogers Centre or even potentially watch batting practice from the field behind home plate! 1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto.
Step onto the world’s oldest baseball diamond in London
Labatt Memorial Park has a history that predates the Blue Jays by a century! It was established in 1877 and hosts baseball games to the present day (Guinness World Records even recognizes the London landmark as the world’s oldest baseball diamond).
Famous players like Ty Cobb, Satchel Paige and Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins have played at the park, and today, you can also explore it through a guided tour. The 60-minute experience includes a tour of the grandstand, dugout, press box and (brief access to) the outfield. Feel free to bring a ball and mitt and play a bit of catch! The route also enters the original Roy McKay Clubhouse, built in 1937, where artifacts help explain the park’s history and its connections to baseball in London.
Tours are currently bookable from Wednesday through Sunday at 11 am and 2 pm, until Sept 6. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and children aged six to 12, and free for younger children. 25 Wilson Ave, London (about two hours from Toronto).
See Canada’s baseball treasures in St. Marys
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Marys brings the country’s baseball history together under one roof! The museum celebrates 167 inductees and explores figures and teams like Fergie Jenkins, the Vancouver Asahi and even Jackie Robinson’s time in Canada. For Blue Jays fans, two of the biggest draws are the home plate and batting helmet connected to Joe Carter’s World Series-winning home run in 1993.
The museum is open daily from 10 am to 5 pm throughout July and August. Adult admission is $12, seniors and students pay $10, visitors aged nine to 17 pay $9, and children eight and younger enter free. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door, so advance reservations aren’t required. 386 Church St S, St. Marys (about two hours from Toronto).
